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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Athletics, 33-45, 4th, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Vin Mazzaro (22, RHP, 2-3, 2.95)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 36.2 31 12 12 12 28 1 2.95
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 31 12 12 12 28 1 2.95 57
2009-06-28 COL L 5.0 5 3 3 4 8 0 109 49
2009-06-23 SFG L 6.0 7 4 4 2 6 0 105 46
2009-06-18 @LAD ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 93 58
2009-06-12 @SFG L 6.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 82 51
2009-06-07 BAL W 7.1 5 0 0 0 4 0 105 72
2009-06-02 @CHW W 6.1 3 0 0 4 1 0 105 64
Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-21   Road:   14-24   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  23-26   vsLHP:  10-19   1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Fri, Jul  3  @CLE  L   3-15      33-45  4th 10.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   DET  W   5-1       33-44  4th  9.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   DET  L   3-5       32-44  4th 10.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29   DET  W   7-1       32-43  4th 10.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   COL  L   1-3       31-43  4th 10.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27   COL  L   9-11      31-42  4th  9.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26   COL  L   2-4       31-41  4th  9.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   SFG  L   3-6       31-40  4th  7.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   SFG  L   1-4       31-39  4th  6.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 22   SFG  W   5-1       31-38  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Indians, 32-49, 5th, 13 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (33, RHP, 6-7, 5.56)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-7) 92.1 112 62 57 18 68 11 5.56
2008 (4-2) 34.1 41 23 22 10 15 5 5.77
2007 (1-0) 11.1 12 7 6 2 4 1 4.76
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.2 50 29 24 7 28 6 4.95 47
2009-06-29 CHW L 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 100 65
2009-06-24 @PIT L 3.2 11 8 3 1 3 0 91 19
2009-06-15 MIL ND 5.0 9 6 6 1 2 1 97 26
2009-06-10 KCR L 4.2 11 9 9 1 1 3 92 6
2009-06-05 @CHW W 9.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 101 85
2009-05-31 NYY ND 7.1 7 3 3 0 4 1 89 56
2009-05-26 TBR W 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 92 69
Last 5 v.OAK 0-0 7.0 7 3 3 3 3 2 3.86 51
2005-05-06 OAK ND 7.0 7 3 3 3 3 2 101 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-24   Road:   14-25   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  25-40   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest:  1-3  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Fri, Jul  3   OAK  W  15-3       32-49  5th 13.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   CHW  L   2-6       31-49  5th 13.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   CHW  L   4-11 (7)  31-48  5th 13.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   CHW  L   3-6       31-47  5th 12.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   CIN  L   1-8       31-46  5th 12.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   CIN  L   3-7       31-45  5th 11.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26   CIN  W   9-2       31-44  5th 11.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25  @PIT  L   2-3       30-44  5th 12.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24  @PIT  L   6-10      30-43  5th 11.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23  @PIT  W   5-4       30-42  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 15, 2008 CLE  4  OAK  2        W:Aaron Laffey (2-2), L: Greg Smith (2-3), S: Masahide Kobayashi (2)
Wed, May 14, 2008 CLE  2  OAK  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (3-5), L: Joe Blanton (2-6), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2008 CLE  4  OAK  0        W:Paul Byrd (2-3), L: Justin Duchscherer (3-2), S: Masahide Kobayashi (1)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CLE  7  OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (2-0), L: Chad Gaudin (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 OAK  7 @CLE  3        W:Lenny DiNardo (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 OAK  9 @CLE  7        W:Joe Blanton (1-2), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-2), S: Huston Street (3)
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CLE  2 @OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-2), S: Joe Borowski (2)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 OAK  6  CLE  1        W:Dana Eveland (1-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 OAK  6  CLE  3        W:Justin Duchscherer (1-0), L: Paul Byrd (0-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 23, 2007 CLE  6  OAK  2        W:Jake Westbrook (6-9), L: Dallas Braden (1-8), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Season Series: 2009 - CLE leads 1-0; 2008 - CLE won 5-4; 2007 - CLE won 6-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1004-872

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2009 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Athletics Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Pavano
G/S/vB		 20.Gosling*
G/S/vB		 40.Herges
G/S/vB		 58.Huff*
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 47.Veras
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/84 .239/.302/.375/.677 .417/.716 .690 3/1.000 1/1 3/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 30/.693 ··· 8/1.089 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 11/.384 336/233 .250/.292/.318/.610 .506/.653 .561 96/.729 3/4 2/12
7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 180/107 .203/.296/.314/.610 .696/.550 .516 36/.573 2/0 3/7
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.333 305/199 .225/.315/.416/.730 .580/.811 .734 100/.638 2/0 14/2
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/61 .229/.302/.305/.606 .564/.647 .582 60/.746 9/4 1/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 83/56 .208/.256/.325/.581 .382/.677 .648 14/.929 2/1 2/2
1.Garciaparra G/S/vP 12/1.500 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 71/51 .242/.282/.364/.645 .550/.683 .400 20/.578 0/0 2/0
16.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.333 295/199 .199/.339/.378/.717 .827/.660 .641 80/.648 0/0 11/3
5.Holliday G/S/vP 6/.167 2/no AB 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.000 2/.000 324/219 .275/.373/.425/.798 .743/.824 .802 98/.690 9/3 8/3
29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 220/146 .286/.355/.439/.794 .465/.957 .799 105/.632 7/3 6/7
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/53 .203/.268/.375/.643 .535/.679 .595 18/.458 0/0 2/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 291/198 .279/.324/.413/.737 .774/.720 .751 88/.757 4/2 5/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 254/179 .270/.324/.357/.681 .599/.713 .762 39/.923 4/2 3/1
IP 92.1 7.2 25.1 52.0 25.1 24.1 11.2 17.1 27.2 27.1 TOTAL .238/.313/.365/.677 .619/.705 .653 .674 43/20 64/62
ERA-K/9 5.56/6.6 5.87/4.7 3.55/6.4 6.06/5.2 5.33/11.0 8.88/7.8 3.09/10.8 4.15/9.4 5.86/6.5 5.27/9.9 5.37/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 396/.302 30/.321 107/.240 207/.289 113/.209 119/.375 49/.135 79/.254 125/.229 119/.248 .280
OPS .805 1.010 .683 .855 .706 1.005 .712 .728 .780 .813 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.757 10/.956 47/.783 73/1.039 35/.829 54/1.147 26/.709 21/.770 57/.869 64/.756 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.857 20/1.034 60/.605 134/.758 78/.651 65/.892 23/.704 58/.712 68/.695 55/.882 .787
Home 181/.854 23/1.119 59/.645 94/.794 55/.832 57/1.056 26/.360 56/.813 83/.647 63/.591
Last 28d days 97/1.011 30/1.010 46/1.004 128/.718 32/.819 54/.919 11/.582 48/.714 24/.598 39/.576
HR/SB/CS 11/14/5 2/0/0 3/2/0 8/3/0 3/2/2 2/4/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 5/2/0 5/5/0 93/66/13
Usage ····X··· o··X··X· ···o··X· X····X·· o···X··o o·o··X·· ····X··o ··o··X·· ··X·o·o· ··o··o··
Indians Batters (5.19 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 44.Casilla
G/S/vB		 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 36.Springer
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/172 .307/.364/.417/.781 .562/.884 .659 12/.417 7/1 2/4
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 149/124 .283/.381/.354/.735 .916/.699 .569 93/.704 0/2 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 342/241 .292/.401/.451/.851 .734/.899 .831 100/.789 13/0 12/4
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 273/224 .228/.305/.361/.666 .728/.653 .672 74/.440 11/1 5/1
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 203/156 .260/.353/.439/.793 .944/.746 .876 53/.814 0/0 8/3
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/28 .276/.382/.517/.900 .533/.976 .432 30/.767 0/0 2/0
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/103 .282/.388/.573/.960 1.241/.890 .967 52/1.004 0/0 9/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 346/250 .313/.393/.523/.916 .903/.924 .895 98/.788 0/0 14/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 300/225 .258/.336/.363/.699 .632/.722 .652 85/.758 0/0 4/8
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/143 .200/.328/.372/.700 .966/.643 .568 51/.710 0/0 6/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/187 .219/.306/.414/.719 .743/.709 .595 35/.673 8/7 10/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 146/135 .195/.260/.368/.629 .582/.633 .476 82/.662 1/1 4/5
IP 36.2 74.1 47.1 31.0 93.0 29.0 27.2 17.1 29.2 37.1 36.0 TOTAL .259/.343/.415/.758 .788/.749 .717 .714 42/14 87/51
ERA-K/9 2.95/6.9 5.45/6.3 2.09/10.8 4.65/7.3 4.55/4.4 6.52/6.2 5.53/6.5 7.27/9.4 5.16/10.6 2.89/10.1 3.25/6.2 4.21/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 149/.231 330/.297 192/.173 122/.204 383/.264 126/.232 124/.280 86/.384 137/.315 140/.197 154/.302 .263
OPS .574 .833 .508 .637 .818 .755 .738 1.007 .857 .567 .741 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.548 97/.936 85/.567 65/.616 194/.975 54/.852 64/.938 16/1.482 57/1.069 54/.480 71/.926 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.605 233/.789 107/.463 57/.658 189/.659 72/.682 60/.531 70/.895 80/.716 86/.620 83/.588 .700
Road 72/.543 177/.887 113/.563 59/.675 141/.823 68/.847 59/.813 42/.829 68/1.087 76/.761 66/.784
Last 28d days 125/.597 92/.886 57/.501 35/.572 121/.792 33/.630 73/.762 44/1.173 37/.709 43/.621 51/.729
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 13/8/0 3/0/0 3/3/3 15/11/6 5/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 5/2/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 73/36/14
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ··X··o·X X····oXX X·····X· X··X·o·o X··X··X· ···X···· X··XX·X· o···X·X· ··o·oX·o

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.